Improvement in milk-vessels



M. L. SHADE.

Improvement in Milk-Vessels.

Patented Sep.3,1872.

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IMPROVEMENT IN MlLK-VESSELS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1221,0459, dated September 3, 1872.

.Missouri.

The object of this invention is to furnish vessels for keeping milk and cream, which shall be secure against worms, insects, reptiles, and vermin, and animals of all kinds; and'it consists in a round vessel with a contracted base, the expanded rim of the vessel being provided with a surrounding flat flange and a conical pivoted cover, the latter being secured in place by a spring-catch, all as hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a top view. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of Fig. 1 taken on the line as 00.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

A is the vessel, consisting of the base B and the expanding curved circular body 0, around the rim of which is the flange D. This vessel may be made of any size and of any required depth, and of tin or equivalent sheet metal. E is the cover, which may be either fiat or slightly conical, (preferably the latter,) with an outer rim or flange, F, which fits v tightly down onto the flange of the vessel.

This cover is attached to the vessel by a sin gle rivet, G, which serves as a pivot upon which the cover turns. H is a spring attached to the cover by means of solder or in any other manner. It is made of wire, and its end is bent down so that it passes through a hole in the flange D when the cover is in the right position for fastening. I is a clip, which is made fast to the under side of the flange I), and which receives the flange F of the cover and serves to hold the two flanges together.

To release the cover so that it may be turned back on its pivot, as seen in dotted lines, the spring H must be raised, and this secures the vessel against cats and dogs and all kinds of insects and vermin, and this is the main object which I have in view.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The vessel A, constructed substantially as shown and described-that is to say, with a pivoted cover, which is secured by means of a spring, H, and either with or without the clip I, substantially as set forth.

, MARIA LOUISE SHADE.

Witnesses:

JOSIAH G. HARSH, JOHN SHADE. 

